Re: [ilug-cal] OFF-TOPIC : Microsoft Worth

[Russell McOrmond]

On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Saptak Sen wrote:

> By these pages, I feel some people have made it their full time occupation
> to slander Microsoft. Their energy and resource could have been better spent
> doing something original for the open source movement. I feel pity for these
> people.

  Countering the propaganda from these companies is very important for the
open-source movement as it is the strongest force in opposition to the
adoption of these alternatives.

  I put those URL's there to correct the misconception another person had
about what Microsoft had done for the industry.  In actual fact it has
held the industry back from any reasonable level of expansion.  Once the
whole "manufacturing" mentality is erradicated from the software services
industry, we might even make some of these computers do useful things.

---
 Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://russell.flora.org/work/>


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